Michigan Radioactive Waste Control Committee Records

Collection — Box: 1-2

Identifier: MS-681

Staff Only

Collection Scope and Content Summary

Records, 1985-1990, produced by the Michigan Radioactive Waste Control Committee including minutes of meetings, published reports and state legislation relating to the selection of sites for storage of radioactive waste in Michigan in conjunction with the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact, comprised of member states Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and Iowa.

Dates

1985-1990

Access

Available for use in the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections.

Biography

In 1982 Michigan joined Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri and Iowa to form the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact in order to locate a collective site for low-level radioactive waste disposal in one of the member states. In Michigan, responsibility for disseminating the information on low-level radioactive waste disposal rested with the seven-member Michigan Radioactive Waste Control Committee (MRWCC), created by the Michigan legislature under Public Act 190 of 1985. As defined by law, the MRWCC is comprised of five experts and public members appointed by the governor, plus one each by the Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader.